Gage for lacing-hook-setting machines.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

J. E. PERRAULT. GAGE FOR LAGING HOOK SETTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1903.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

NO MODEL.

PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

J. E. PERRAULT. GAGE FOR LACING HOOK SETTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1903.

3 SHEBTB-SHIJBT 2.

N0 MODEL.

No. 769,627. Patented September 6, 1904.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEETcE.

JOSEPH E. PER-RAULT. OF \YALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LAOING- HOOK COMPANY, OF TVALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GAGE FOR LAOlNG-HOOK-SETTING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,627, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed February 12 1903- Serial No. 143,056. NO model.)

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Be it known that I, JOSEPHE.PERRAUUF. a Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same as citizen of the United States, residing at \Val- 1 viewed from the right of Fig. 1, together with tham. in the county of Middlesex and State j an upper in section. Fig. 3 is a planview of of Massachusetts, have invented certain new 1 the anvil, work-support, hook-gage, upper and useful Improvements in Gages forLacingtop gage. and upper front gage, showing a Hook-Setting Machines, of which the follow- 3 left and a right hand side of an upper in dotted ing is a specification. lines in proper relation thereto. Fig. 4 is a This invention relates to improvements in detail section taken on line A 1 of Fig. 3

o machines for attaching lacinghooks to the l as viewed from the front of the machine. uppers of boots and shoes, the object of the i Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on line 5 5 of invention being to provide a gage by means of Fig. 3 as viewed from the right of said figure. which the lacing-hooks when set in an upper 1 Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on line 6 6 of shall be placed equidistant from each other. 1 Fig. 3 looking toward the right in said figure.

15 It is further the object of this invention to Like numerals refer to like parts throughprovide means whereby the uppers may be cori out the several views of the drawings. rectly located by the operator in relation to 1n the drawings, 10 is the frame of a lacing- 5 the anvil of a machine adapted to attach lacl hook-setting machine, and 11 is a plunger aring-hooks to said uppers and also may be ranged to slide in vertical ways 12 formed in 20 correctly located in relation to the lacing- 1 said frame. The lacing-hooks 13 are conhooks as they are driven by said machine l taincd in the hopper 11 and are conveyed through said upper and clenched upon said from said hopper to a point above the anvil 7 anvil. 15 by a raceway 16, said lacing-hooks being The object is further to providea gage which l centered above the anvil by a rotatory feed- 5 may be readily and easily adjusted to conform wheel 17, journaled upon the plunger 11. A to varying shapes and sizes of uppers and 1 vertical reciprocatory motion is imparted to also to increase or diminish the distance bethe plunger 11 by a lever '18, pivoted at 19 to tween said hooks, so that an operator without 1 the frame 10 and connected to an car 20 upon possessing any great amount of skill may set l the plunger 11 by a link 21. The link 21 is 3 the lacing-hooks in uppers equidistant one l pivotally connected to the ear 20 by a pin from the other and at the correct distance 2:2 and to the lever 18 by a pin 23. A rockfrom the front edge of said uppers and from 1 ing motion is imparted to the lever 18 by a the top edge thereof. cam or by foot-power in amanner Well known The invention consists, in a machine of the to those skilled in the art. (Not shown in the 35 character described, of an anvil, a hook-gage drawings.)

located at one side of said anvil, and mechan- The anvil 15 is supported in an anvil-block ism to move said hook-gage into and out of A, fast to the frame 10. A work-support 25 the path of the lacing-hooks as they are moved is fastened by a screw 26 to the anvil-block away from said anvil by the operator after 2 2t and has fastened thereon a hook-gage 2T,

4 having been attached to the uppers. by means of which the distances between the Thecharacterof the invention will be clearly lacing-hooks upon an upper are made equal. understood from a description of the particul An upper top gage 53, by means of which the 9 lar embodiment thereof illustrated in the acposition of the lowermost hook in the left companying drawings, in whichside of an upper is located correctly with re- 45 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lacing-hooklation thereto, and an upper front gage 29, setting machine, partly broken away to save by means of which the distance of the lacingspace in the drawings,with my improved gage hooks from the front edges of the uppers is for locating the position of the lacing-hook correctly determined, are also supported upon said work-support. The hook-gage 27 is pivotally supported upon a stud 30, arranged to slide longitudinally in a recess 31. provided in the work-support 25. Said hook-gage 27 is held against one end of the stud 30 by a screw 32, being free to rock thereon, and is held normally in the position indicated in full lines, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, by a fiat spring 33, which bears against a straight portion 34 upon the under side of the hook-gage 27, and thus holds the arm 35 of said hook-gage across the path of the lacing-hooks as they are moved away from the anvil by the operator after having been attached to the upper of the shoe, as hereinafter described. The hookgage 27 is moved out of the path of the lacing-hooks by the pin 23, which is extended laterally to engage the arm 36 of said hookgage during the latter part of the downward motion of the plunger 11.

A sleeve 37 is fastened to the stud 30, one end thereof being adjacent to the pivoted hookgage 27, the opposite end thereof being provided with V-shaped corrugations 38. Aspiral spring 39 is inclosed within the recess 31, one end thereof bearing against a shoulder 40, the other end against the bottom of the recess 31, the action of said spring being to force the stud 30 toward the left, Figs. 3 and 4, and bring the corrugated face of the sleeve against a stop 41, fast to the work-support 25 and having a V-shaped end which is adapted to enter one of the corrugations 38 and lock the stud 30 against rotation and at the same time limit the distance to which the spring 39 can force the stud 30 toward the left, Figs. 3 and 4. The corrugated surface upon the sleeve 37 is helical in formation and extends longitudinally of said stud 30.

Upon the periphery of the sleeve 37 are index-lines 42,1etterec a, b, c, &c., to s. The hook-gage 27 is adjusted toward and away from the anvil 15 by pushing the stud 30 toward the right, Figs. 3 and 4, until the corrugations are free from the stop 41, then rotating said stud until the desired corrugation is in line with said stop, whereupon the stud is released, and the spring 39 forces said stud 30 toward the left, Figs. 3 and 4, until the corrugation in line with the stop 41 abuts thereagainst. This locates the inner face of the hook-gage at the desired distance from the center of the anvil.

The distance of the center of each lacing hook from the front edge of the upper is determined by the front gage 29. Said front gage consists of an arm 43, having an upward extension 44 at the left-hand end thereof, Fig. 3, and located in the rear of the anvil 15. The arm 43 is pivoted upon a reduced cylindrical portion 45 at one end of a screw 46, having screw-threaded engagement with the work-support 25, and is held on said reduced cylindrical portion by a screw 47 and washer 48. i

To adjust the front gage 29 away from or toward the anvil 15 to increase or diminish, respectively, the distance from the front edge of the upper to the center of a lacing-hook, the screw 46 is turned toward the right or left, respectively, thus increasing or diminishing the distance of the upward extension 44 of the front gage from the anvil 15. The front gage 29 is held normallyin the position indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 by a flat spring 49, which bears against the straight under side of the arm 43, holding said arm against a pin 50, fast to-the work-support 25. When the plunger 11 descends during the latter portion of its downward movement, the under side thereof abuts against the upper end of the upward extension 44 and pushes the front gage 29 downwardly. Upon the ascent of said plunger the front gage is returned to its normal position bearing against the pin 50 by the spring 49.

When it is desired to attach lacing-hooks to the left-hand side 51 of an upper, the straight top 52 of said upper is placed against the forward end of the upper top gage 53, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the front edge of said upper being placed against the upward extension 44 of the front gage 29. This locates the upper in the proper position for the uppermost hook to be driven therein by the plunger 11 as its descends. The top gage 53 is formed integral with a sleeve 54, adapted to slide longitudinally upon a spindle 55, rig-idly fastened to the work-support 25, and said sleeve 54 is prevented from rotating upon the spindle 55 by a screw 56, having screw-threaded engagement with the sleeve 54 and having the inner end of said screw projecting into a slot 57, extending longitudinally of the spindle 55.

A stop projection 58 is provided upon the sleeve 54 at the end thereof opposite that at which the top gage 53 is located. A spring 59 encircles the spindle 55, one end thereof bearing against the work-support 25 and the other against the sleeve 54, and normally holds the V-shaped end of the stop projection 58 in engagement with the V-shaped corrugations 60, formed upon a helical surface 61, which extends longitudinally of a sleeve 62, supported and free to rotate upon the spindle 55. A collar 63, fast to the spindle 55, holds the sleeve 62 upon said spindle against the action of the spring 59, hereinbefore described. Index-lines,numbered from O to 35, are provided upon the periphery of the sleeve 62, adjacent to and in line with the corrugations 60. When it is desired to move the upper stop 53 approximately toward or away from the anvil 15, and thus decrease or increase, respectively, the distance of the first lacing-hook set in a left-hand upper from the top edge 52 of said upper, the sleeve 54 is moved toward the worksupport 25, Fig. 3, and said sleeve 62 rotated upon the spindle 55 until the desired corrugation, as indicated by the index, is brought in line with the stop projection 58. The sleeve 54: is then released, and the end of the stop projection is forced into the desired corrugation by the spring 59.

The general operation of my improved gage for locating lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes is as follows: Assuming that the lacing-hooks are to be attached to the lefthand side 51 of an upper, the upper top gage 53 is located in the proper position by means of the index upon the sleeve 62, as hereinbefore described. The straight upper edge 52 of said upper 51 is then placed against the upper top gage, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, with the front edge of the upper resting against the upward extension 4:4: of the front gage 29. The upper is now in position for the first and lowermost lacing-hook to be set therein by the plunger in its first downward movement. The machine is operated to lower the plunger and set the lacing-hook in the upper by rocking the lever 18 in a manner well-known to those skilled in the art. As soon as the lever 18 is released and the plunger ascends the hook-gage descends from the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, to that shown in full lines therein, with the arm 35 lying across the path of the lacing-hooks. The operator now feeds the upper toward the left until the lefthand side of the lacing-hook previously set in said upper abuts against the hook-gage 27. The upper is now in position for the insertion of a second hook, and thus consecutively the desired number of hooks are inserted in the upper 51. Assuming the operator to be attaching lacing-hooks to the right-hand side of an upper, the first lacing-hook inserted is the uppermost one, and therefore the straight upper edge of the right-hand upper 66 is placed against the hook-gage 27, the front edge of said upper being placed against the front gage. The lacing-hook 64. is then inserted, as hereinbefore set forth, and after the plunger has ascended the upper is moved toward the left until said lacing-hook 64: abuts against the hook-gage 27, when the upper will be in position for the insertion of a second lacing-hook, and so on until the desired number of lacing-hooks have been inserted in the upper.

It will be understood that when the plunger is in its lowermost position the arm 35 of the hook-gage 27 is raised to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, by the pin 23 abutting against the arm 36 of said hookgage, and as the plunger starts to move upwardly after having set a lacing-hook the operator moves the upper toward the left, the lacing-hook previously set being free to move toward the left, Fig. 3, on account of the raised position of the arm 35; but as soon as the plunger 11 has moved upwardly to a sufficient extent the arm 35 will have descended across the path of the lacing-hooks, and thus be in position to gage the proper location of the upper for the insertion of another hook, the operator moving said upper toward the left, Fig. 3, until the edge of the lacingrhook abuts against the lowered arm 35 of the hookgage. It will be noted that as the arm 35 of the hook-gage is moved downwardly across the path of the hooks by a spring or with a yielding pressure if by any inadvertence or accident said arm should descend upon the top of a hook no injury would be done to the hook on account of the yielding pressure upon the hook-gage.

My invention is not limited to the particular embodiment thereof herein illustrated and described, and it is to be understood that many changes in the construction and relative arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by Letters Patent to secure, is

1. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a hookgage located at one side of said anvil. a stud upon which said hook'gage is pivoted, and means to adjust said stud toward and away from a plane extending through the longitudinal median line of said anvil, transversely to the direction in which said uppers are fed.

2. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a hook-gage, a stud upon which said hook-gage is pivoted, said stud provided with a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally thereof, and a stop engaging said corrugated surface.

3. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a hook-gage. a stud upon which said hook-gage is pivoted, said stud provided with a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally thereof, a stop, and a spring to hold said corrugated sur face in engagement with said stop.

4:. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a hook-gage, a rotatable stud upon which said hook-gage is pivoted, a sleeve fast to said stud. one end of said sleeve provided with a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally of said stud,

a stop, and a spring to hold said corrugated surface in engagement with said stop.

5. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, a hook-gage, a rotatable stud upon which said hook-gage is pivoted, a sleeve fast to said stud, one end of said sleeve provided with a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally of said stud, together with an index upon the periphery thereof, a stop, and a spring to hold said corrugated surface in engagement with said stop.

6. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a worksupport, a hook-gage pivotally supported at one side of said anvil, and a flat spring arranged to bear against a straight surface provided upon said hook-gage and adapted to hold said hook-gage normally across the path of said lacing-hooks as they arebeing moved away from said anvil by the feeding of said uppers.

7. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers'of boots, an anvil, an upper top gage located at one side of said anvil, a stop for said gage, and adjusting means provided with a graduated corrugated surface extending progressively longitudinally of said means and adapted to engage said stop.

8. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, an upper top gage located at one side of said anvil, and adjusting means provided with a graduated surface extending progressively longitudinally of said means and adapted to engage said upper top gage.

9. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, an upper top gage located at one side of said anvil, a spindle upon which said gage is adapted to slide, means to prevent said gage from rotating upon said spindle, a stop fast to said gage, and a sleeve rotatably supported upon said spindle and provided with a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally there of and .adapted to engage said stop.

10. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, an upper :top gage located at one side of said anvil, a' spindle upon which said gage is adapted to slide, means to prevent said gage from rotating upon said spindle, a stop fast to said gage, a sleeve rotatably supported upon said spindle and provided with -a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally thereof, and a spring to hold said stop and corrugated surface in engagement with each other;

11. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, an u pper top gage located at one side of said anvil, a spindle upon which said gage is adapted to slide, means to prevent said gage from rotating upon said spindle, a stop fast to said gage, and a sleeve rotatably supported upon said spindle and provided with a helical corrugated surface extending longitudinally thereof, together with an index upon the periphery thereof, and adapted to engage said stop.

12. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of. boots and shoes, an anvil, an upper front gage pivotally supported at the rear of said anvil, and means to adjust said front gage toward and away from said anvil.

13. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a work-support, a hook gage pivotally supported upon said work-support, at one side of said anvil, and an upper top gage slidably supported upon said work-support at the opposite side of said anvil from that upon which said hook-gage is located.

14. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a Work-support, a hook-gage pivotally supported upon said work-support, at one side of said anvil, an upper top gage slidably supported upon said work-support at the opposite side of said anvil from that upon which said hook-gage is located, and means to adjust said gages relatively to said anvil.

15. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a plunger, a raceway, a work-support located at one side of said anvil, a hook-gage above said work-support, and mechanism to move said hook-gage toward and away from said support.

16. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a plunger, a raceway, a work-support located at one side of said anvil, a hook-gage above said work-support, and mechanism to move said hook-gage positively away from said work-support, and toward said work-support with a yielding pressure.

17. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a plunger, a raceway, a horizontal work-support located upon opposite sides of a vertical plane extending through the longitudinal median line of said anvil, said plane extending transversely to the direction in which said uppers are fed, a hook-gage located at one side of said plane, mechanism to move said hook-gage toward and away from said worksupport, and atop gage fast to said work-support upon the opposite side of said plane from said hook-gage.

18. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes, an anvil, a hook-gage located at one side of said anvil, mechanism to move said hook-gage into and out of the path of said lacing-hooks as they are moved away from said anvil by the feeding of said uppers, and means to adjust said hook-gage toward and away from said anvil.

19. In a machine for applying lacing-hooks to the uppers of boots and shoes, hook-setting means, hook-supplying means therefor, a hook-gage at the feeding-out side of said hooksetting means and means to move said gage into and out of the path of travel of the set hooks to space the latter as they are applied to said uppers.

20. In a machine for applying lacing-hooks to the uppers of boots and shoes, a plunger and means to operate it, a hook-setting anvil opposed to said plunger, a raceway leading to said plunger and means to supply hooks therefrom to said plunger, a hook-gage at the feeding-out side of said anvil and means to move said gage into and out of the path of travel of the set hooks to space the latter as they are applied to said uppers.

21. In a machine for applying lacing-hooks to the uppers of boots and shoes, hook-setting means, hook-supplying means therefor, a hook-gage at the feeding-out side of said hooksetting means and movableinto and out of the path of travel of the set hooks to space the latter as they are applied to said uppers, and means common to said hook-setting means, hook-supplying means and hook-gage, for operating all in predetermined order.

22. In a machine for applying lacing-hooks to the uppers of boots and shoes, hook-setting means, hook-supplying means therefor, a hook-gage at the feeding-out side of said hooksetting means, means to move said gage into and out of the path of travel of the set hooks to space the latter as they are applied to said uppers, and a top gage.

23. In a machine for applying lacing-hooks i to the uppers of boots and shoes, hook-setting means, hook-supplying means therefor, a hook-gage at the feeding-out side of said hool setting means, means to move said gage into and out of the path of travel of the set hooks to space the latter as they are applied to said uppers, a top gage and a front gage.

24:. In a machine for applying lacing-hooks to the uppers of boots and shoes, hook-setting means, hook-supplying means therefor, a hook-gage comprising an arm lying across the path of travel of the set hooks at the feedingout side of said hook-setting means to space the latter as they are applied to said uppers substantially irrespective of the line of said path, and means to move said gage-arm periodically out of said path of travel to permit feeding of the work.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH E. PERRAULT. \Vitnesses:

MARY I'IARDYMAN, \VILLIAM P. BARTEL. 

